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Usage
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Greenlandic
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Nordic spelling of Николай (Nikolay), a Russian form of Nicolai [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
See Nicolai
Male
Nikolajsen
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Nikolajsson
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Female
Nikolajsdatter
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Nikolajsdóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Nikolaj
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Genitive: |
Nikolajs
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Nikolaj
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Genitive: |
Nikolaj'n
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Partitive: |
Nikolaj'ta
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Nikolaj
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Accusative: |
Nikolaj
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Dative: |
Nikolaj
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Genitive: |
Nikolajs
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Nikolaj
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Genitive: |
Nikolajs
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Nikolaj
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Genitive: |
Nikolajs
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Nikolaj Frobenius (born 29 September 1965), Norwegian novelist and screen writer
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas (born 22 May 1973), Danish actor
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 53 people were named Nikolaj (percentage of first or only given name: 55 %) [6]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Denmark[7] |
|
9866 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
9866 |
n.a. |
Sweden[8] |
|
392 |
773 |
2 |
4 |
390 |
769 |
Greenland[9] |
|
155 |
666 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
245 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
245 |
Iceland[11] |
|
7 |
8 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[12] |
|
146 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
146 |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [8][7][12][10]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1910
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables